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1994–95 Boston Bruins
Division3rd Northeast
Conference4th Eastern
1994–95 record27–18–3
Home record15–7–2
Road record12–11–1
Goals for150
Goals against127
Team information
General managerHarry Sinden
CoachBrian Sutter
CaptainRay Bourque
Alternate captainsCam Neely
Adam Oates
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsCam Neely (27)
AssistsAdam Oates (41)
PointsAdam Oates (53)
Penalty minutesBrent Hughes (139)
WinsBlaine Lacher (19)
Goals against averageBlaine Lacher (2.41)

The 1994–95 Boston Bruins season was the team's 71st season. The Bruins had a solid season, finishing fourth in the Eastern Conference with 57 points. During the regular season, they had the most shots on goal (1,651) and allowed the fewest shots on goal (1,168) of any team in the league.[1] They also allowed the fewest powerplay goals (24) and had the best penalty-killing % (86.89%) of all 26 teams.[2]

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
1 21 Evgeni Ryabchikov (G)  Russia Molot Perm (Russia)
2 47 Daniel Goneau (LW)  Canada Laval Titan (QMJHL)
4 99 Eric Nickulas (RW)  United States Cushing Academy (USHS-MA)
5 125 Darren Wright (D)  Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
6 151 Andre Roy (RW)  United States Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
7 177 Jeremy Schaefer (LW)  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
9 229 John Grahame (G)  United States Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
10 255 Neil Savary (G)  Canada Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
11 281 Andrei Yakhanov (D)  Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Russia)

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Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 1 Quebec Nordiques 48 30 13 5 185 134 65
2 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 48 29 16 3 181 158 61
3 4 Boston Bruins 48 27 18 3 150 127 57
4 7 Buffalo Sabres 48 22 19 7 130 119 51
5 10 Hartford Whalers 48 19 24 5 127 141 43
6 11 Montreal Canadiens 48 18 23 7 125 148 43
7 14 Ottawa Senators 48 9 34 5 117 174 23

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Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W January 22, 1995 4–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 1–0–0
2 W January 23, 1995 2–1 @ New York Rangers (1994–95) 2–0–0
3 W January 26, 1995 1–0 OT New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 3–0–0
4 L January 28, 1995 1–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 3–1–0
5 L January 30, 1995 1–2 Florida Panthers (1994–95) 3–2–0
6 W February 2, 1995 6–4 Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 4–2–0
7 W February 4, 1995 5–4 Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 5–2–0
8 W February 7, 1995 7–4 Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 6–2–0
9 L February 9, 1995 3–4 Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 6–3–0
10 T February 11, 1995 1–1 OT Washington Capitals (1994–95) 6–3–1
11 W February 12, 1995 2–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 7–3–1
12 L February 14, 1995 3–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 7–4–1
13 W February 17, 1995 5–4 @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 8–4–1
14 L February 18, 1995 1–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 8–5–1
15 L February 22, 1995 2–3 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 8–6–1
16 W February 23, 1995 3–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 9–6–1
17 T February 25, 1995 1–1 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 9–6–2
18 W February 27, 1995 2–0 @ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 10–6–2
19 W March 2, 1995 7–2 New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 11–6–2
20 L March 4, 1995 3–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 11–7–2
21 W March 5, 1995 5–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 12–7–2
22 L March 7, 1995 1–3 Washington Capitals (1994–95) 12–8–2
23 L March 9, 1995 2–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 12–9–2
24 L March 11, 1995 0–2 Florida Panthers (1994–95) 12–10–2
25 W March 16, 1995 6–0 Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 13–10–2
26 W March 18, 1995 4–3 New York Islanders (1994–95) 14–10–2
27 L March 19, 1995 3–4 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 14–11–2
28 L March 22, 1995 2–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 14–12–2
29 W March 24, 1995 4–3 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 15–12–2
30 W March 28, 1995 5–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 16–12–2
31 W March 30, 1995 3–2 @ New York Islanders (1994–95) 17–12–2
32 L April 1, 1995 2–3 New York Rangers (1994–95) 17–13–2
33 L April 2, 1995 1–2 @ Washington Capitals (1994–95) 17–14–2
34 T April 6, 1995 1–1 OT Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 17–14–3
35 W April 8, 1995 5–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 18–14–3
36 W April 9, 1995 6–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 19–14–3
37 L April 12, 1995 0–4 Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 19–15–3
38 L April 14, 1995 3–5 @ New York Rangers (1994–95) 19–16–3
39 W April 15, 1995 3–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 20–16–3
40 W April 19, 1995 4–1 Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 21–16–3
41 W April 20, 1995 6–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 22–16–3
42 W April 23, 1995 5–4 New York Rangers (1994–95) 23–16–3
43 L April 24, 1995 3–5 @ New York Islanders (1994–95) 23–17–3
44 W April 26, 1995 1–0 Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 24–17–3
45 L April 28, 1995 1–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 24–18–3
46 W April 30, 1995 5–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 25–18–3
47 W May 1, 1995 5–4 Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 26–18–3
48 W May 3, 1995 4–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 27–18–3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Adam Oates C 48 12 41 53 8 -11 4 1 2
Ray Bourque D 46 12 31 43 20 3 9 0 2
Cam Neely RW 42 27 14 41 72 7 16 0 5
Bryan Smolinski C 44 18 13 31 31 -3 6 0 5
Mariusz Czerkawski RW 47 12 14 26 31 4 1 0 2
Mats Naslund LW 34 8 14 22 4 -4 2 0 1
Don Sweeney D 47 3 19 22 24 6 1 0 2
Ted Donato LW 47 10 10 20 10 3 1 0 1
Jozef Stumpel C 44 5 13 18 8 4 1 0 2
Steve Heinze RW 36 7 9 16 23 0 0 1 0
Alexei Kasatonov D 44 2 14 16 33 -2 0 1 0
Brent Hughes LW 44 6 6 12 139 6 0 0 0
Stephen Leach RW 35 5 6 11 68 -3 1 0 1
Jon Rohloff D 34 3 8 11 39 1 0 0 1
Dave Reid LW 38 5 5 10 10 8 0 0 0
Sandy Moger C 18 2 6 8 6 -1 2 0 0
Glen Murray RW 35 5 2 7 46 -11 0 0 2
David Shaw D 44 3 4 7 36 -9 1 0 0
John Gruden D 38 0 6 6 22 3 0 0 0
Jamie Huscroft D 34 0 6 6 103 -3 0 0 0
Fred Knipscheer C 16 3 1 4 2 1 0 0 1
Mikko Makela RW 11 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0
Daniel Lacroix LW 23 1 0 1 38 -2 0 0 0
Brett Harkins LW 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Blaine Lacher G 35 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Marc Potvin RW 6 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0
Craig Billington G 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Grigori Panteleev LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vincent Riendeau G 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Jeff Serowik D 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Cam Stewart LW 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Blaine Lacher 1965 35 19 11 2 79 2.41 4 805 726 .902
Craig Billington 373 8 5 1 0 19 3.06 0 140 121 .864
Vincent Riendeau 565 11 3 6 1 27 2.87 0 221 194 .878
Team: 2903 48 27 18 3 125 2.58 4 1166 1041 .893

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Ray Bourque D 5 0 3 3 0 -5 0 0 0
Cam Neely RW 5 2 0 2 2 -4 1 0 1
Mariusz Czerkawski RW 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mats Naslund LW 5 1 0 1 0 -3 0 0 0
Adam Oates C 5 1 0 1 2 -6 1 0 0
David Shaw D 5 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Bryan Smolinski C 5 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Craig Billington G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Donato LW 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Steve Heinze RW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brent Hughes LW 5 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0
Jamie Huscroft D 5 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0
Alexei Kasatonov D 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Fred Knipscheer C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blaine Lacher G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guy Larose C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glen Murray RW 2 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Dave Reid LW 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jon Rohloff D 5 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0
Jozef Stumpel C 5 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Don Sweeney D 5 0 0 0 4 -4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Blaine Lacher 283 5 1 4 12 2.54 0 125 113 .904
Craig Billington 25 1 0 0 1 2.40 0 10 9 .900
Team: 308 5 1 4 13 2.53 0 135 122 .904

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

The Bruins were favored to win their quarter-final playoff series against the New Jersey Devils, but were shocked by the Devils in the first two games at the Boston Garden by scores of 5–0 and 3–0. The Bruins won game three at the Meadowlands in New Jersey, 3–2, despite being outshot 33 to 17. Boston goaltender Blaine Lacher was solid in net, stopping 31 New Jersey shots. Game four on Friday, May 12 at the Meadowlands started out as a goaltending battle between Lacher and Martin Brodeur. The two teams skated to a 0–0 tie after three regulation periods. This game would prove to be the turning point in the series, as a Boston goal would tie the series at two games apiece and give the Bruins home-ice advantage once again; a New Jersey goal would put the Bruins down three games to one in the series and give the Devils a chance to take the series in game five in Boston. Devils forward Randy McKay ended up scoring the winner at 8:51 of the first overtime period. The Devils closed out the series in game five on Sunday, May 14, in what was the last official NHL game ever played at the Boston Garden.[6][7][8][9][10]

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

New Jersey Devils 4, Boston Bruins 1

# Date Visitor Score Home Attendance Record
1 May 7 New Jersey Devils 5–0 Boston Bruins 14,448 0–1
2 May 8 New Jersey Devils 3–0 Boston Bruins 14,448 0–2
3 May 10 Boston Bruins 3–2 New Jersey Devils 16,523 1–2
4 May 12 Boston Bruins 0–1 (OT) New Jersey Devils 19,040 1–3
5 May 14 New Jersey Devils 3–2 Boston Bruins 14,448 1–4

Roster

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Wingers

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1995.html
  2. ^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1995.html
  3. ^ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
  4. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  5. ^ "1994-95 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  6. ^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505070BOS.html
  7. ^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505080BOS.html
  8. ^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505100NJD.html
  9. ^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505120NJD.html
  10. ^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199505140BOS.html
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